| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| heterodox |
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| SYLLABICATION: | het·er·o·dox |
| PRONUNCIATION: | h t r- -d ks |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma. 2. Holding unorthodox opinions. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek heterodoxos : hetero-, hetero- + doxa, opinion (from dokein, to think; see dek- in Appendix I).
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